Psalms 83:1 ¶ <<A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.>> O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted
up the head.
3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against
thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That
the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they
make a covenant:
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the {1} Hagarenes; {1) Or Hagrites; See 1 Ch 5:10}
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:
8 Assyria also is joined with them; They have {1} helped the children of Lot. Selah
{1) Heb been an arm to the children of Lot}
9 ¶ Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at
the river Kishon;
10 Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah
and Zalmunna;
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The {1} habitations of God. {1) Or pastures}
13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the
mountains on fire,
15 So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17 Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded
and perish;
18 That they may know that {1} thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth. {1) Or thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art etc}
Isaiah 17:1 The {1} burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. {1) Or oracle concerning}
Jer 49:24 Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling
hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be brought to silence in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts
Daniel 9:27 And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst
of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the {1} oblation to cease; and {2} upon the wing of abominations shall
come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and
that determined, shall wrath
be poured out upon the desolate. {1) Or meal-offering 2) Or upon the pinnacle of abominations shall be etc}
Jer 4:6 Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will
bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
7 A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on
his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger
of Jehovah is not turned back from us.
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith Jehovah, that the heart of
the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall
wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind
from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
12 {1} a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
{1) Or a wind too strong for this}
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are
swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.
14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved.
How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
15 For {1} a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth evil from the hills of Ephraim: {1) Or there is a voice of one that declareth etc}
16 make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far
country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
17 As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath
been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness; {1}
for it is bitter, {1}
for it reacheth unto thy heart. {1) Or surely}
19 ¶ My anguish, my anguish! {1} I am pained at {2} my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because {3} thou hast heard, O my soul,
the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. {1) Another reading
is I will wait patiently 2) Heb the
walls of my heart 3) Or as otherwise read my soul heareth}
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste:
suddenly are my tents destroyed, and
my curtains in a moment.
21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children,
and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and
they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills {1} moved to and fro. {1) Or moved lightly}
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens
were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, {1} the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down
at the presence of Jehovah, and
before his fierce anger. {1) Or Carmel}
27 For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will
I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because
I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.
29 Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into
the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.
30 And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou
clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou {1} enlargest thine eyes with paint, in
vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life. {1)
Heb rendest}
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her
that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth
her hands, saying,
Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.
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